> I don't know, but probably more people contributed to
> SFE and/or 
> /contrib in the last couple of years than to
> Blastwave.

Without getting into pointless comparisons (I've used both),
the problem I have with /contrib is
the huge bottleneck that appears to be present getting
stuff from /pending to /contrib, and that even /pending
seems to have been in limbo for awhile.

http://jucr.opensolaris.org/statistics/promoted_packages

http://jucr.opensolaris.org/pending/en/index.shtml
Catalog
Packages        1174
Last Updated    2010-04-27 17:14:53

http://pkg.opensolaris.org/contrib/en/index.shtml
Catalog
Packages        351
Last Updated    2009-12-15 07:01:09

If /contrib is to be a meaningful alternative, it should
get updated more often, and contain a larger percentage
of the number of packages in /pending.

That, even if not supported, one might want some
control so that people might have confidence in /contrib,
is understandable.  That the appearance is that most
such control is a resource that can vanish at a corporate
whim is not acceptable.

Are there any outside approvers, or a process to get them
trained and blessed?
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